The production of meaning through peer interaction: Children and Walt Disney's Cinderella

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 717-727

  Baker Sperry, Lori ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Children; Cinderella; Gender; Peer interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547246115     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9236-y     Document Type: Review

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